Rack for displaying dry goods



v (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

E. G. PAIN. BACK FOR DISPLAYING DRY GOODS.

No. 406,131. Patented July 2, 1889..

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet? E. O. PAIN. RAOK FOR DISPLAYING DRY GOODS.

No; 406,131. Patented July- Z, 1889.

of the same.

UNITED STATES PATENT @FFIQE."

EMMET C. FAIN, OF GRANBURY, TEXAS.

RACK FOR DISPLAYING DRY GOODS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 406,131, dated July 2,1889.

Application filed January 3, 1889. Serial No. 295,279. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EMMET C. FAIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Granbury, in the county of Hood and State of Texas, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Racks for Displaying Dry Goods,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in racks for displaying drygoods; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination ofdevices, that will be more fully set fort-h hereinafter, andparticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of adisplay-rack embodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is a sectional view Figs.3, 4., and 5 are detail views.

A represents a case or cabinet, which comprises the vertical end boardsB, the top 0, connecting the same, the bottom board D, and thesupporting-feet E. The latter are provided with casters or rollers, bymeans of which the case or cabinet may be readily moved about.

F represents a pair of drop-counters,which are hinged to opposite sidesof the board D. The sides of the case or cabinet are open, and the endboards thereof are connected together at suitable intervals by pairs oflongitudinal rods G, arranged in different horizontal plan es.

H represents supporting-arms, which are made of suitable metal, and areof the form shown, and provided at their inner ends with hooks I, andhave semi-cylindrical sockets K at their outer ends. One pair of thesaid arms are arranged on each pair of the bars or rods G, with theirhooks I engaging the outermost bar and their horizontal arms L restingupon the proximate bar, as shown,whereby the arms H are caused toproject beyond the sides of the case or cabinet.

Dress goods, ginghams, flannels, waterproofs, and similar materials arearranged in bolts, and are wound upon boards M for the market. In orderto adapt such dress-goods to be displayed by my improved rack, I providetrunnions N, which are formed of cylindrical tubes, and to the innerends of said trunnions are secured clamping-arms O,which are adapted tobe inserted in theends of the ner the trunnions may be attached to thebolts and the latter then lifted between the arms H and their trunnionscaused to lie in the semi-cylindricalsockets K of said arms, so as tosupport the bolts of cloth and adapt the same to revolve freely whenmeasuring off cloth therefrom.

Oalicoes, cottons, and other light fabrics are usually supplied to themarket in bolts having yard-wide folds, and in order to display suchfabricslprovide bearings M with spring clamping-arms O, to engage theends of the bolts and support the same on the arms I-I. Such fabrics mayonly be displayed by the rack, and have to be taken from the arms andplaced on one of the counters to be measured.

R represents a pair of arms, which are adapted to be used in connectionwith one pair of the arms H and have their outer ends bent to formplait-like recesses S.

T represents a guide, which is made of a single piece of rod or wire ofsuitable length, bent to form an open link, with its sides in closeproximity to each other. The ends of the guide are bent at right anglesto form armsU,whieh engage the ends of the case or cabinet, and the saidguides are supported in proximity to the bolt of material with which itis designed to operate by inserting it in two of the aligned notches Sof the arms R. The end of the cloth unreeled from the bolt is passedbetween the sides of the guide, and the same is supported in positiontobe advan tageously displayed by a yoke V, substantially in the form ofan extended letterU, the arms of the same being provided with hooks WVat their inner ends, which engage studs X, that project from the ends ofthe case or cabinet, and said arms resting on similar studs, as shown.The guide prevents the bolt of cloth from rotating too rapidly whenmeasuring oif cloth therefrom, and the yoke forms a straightedge, onwhich the cloth may be cut as it is sold, and also holds the cloth outof contact with bolts which are supported in lower planes.

The supporting-arms H may be adjusted longitudinally on the rods G toenc ble them to support goods of any width.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination, in arack for displaying dry goods, of the supporting-rods G, ar-

ranged in pairs, the arms lI, adapted to bear on the said rods andhaving the hooks I at the inner ends to engage the same, and provided,further, with the sockets 0r bearings K in their outer ends, and thetrunnions N,ha\*- ing the clamps or arms adapted to engage the ends of abelt of cloth, said trunnions being adapted to engage the bearings ofthe supporting-arms, for the purpose set forth, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a rack for displaying dry goods, the trunnion having the arms orclamps at its inner end to engage the bolt of cloth, for the purpose setforth, substantially as described.

3. In a rack for displaying dry goods, the trunnions having thespring-arms at their inner ends, for the purpose set forth,substantially as described.

frame, and the yoke V, with arms bearing on and having the hooks IV toengage said studs, for the purpose set forth, substantially asdescribed.

(5. I11 a rack for displaying dry goods, the case, cabinet, or framehaving the longitudinal rods Gavith the supporting-arms attached to andadjustable on said rods, for the purpose set forth, substantially asdescribed.

7; The case, cabinet, or frame having the longitudinal rods G, thesupporting-arms attached to said rods, and the trunnions adapted to beattached to the ends of bolts of cloth and to be journaled in thesupportingarms, substantially as described.

8. In a rack for displaying dry goods, the detachable trunnion for aboltof cloth, in combination with a rack, frame, or cabinet having armsprovided with bearin gs for said trunnions, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

EMME'l C. FAIN.

\Vitnesses:

J. Ii. GREGORY, .T. U. IIINES.

